Typewritten letter signed and autograph letter signed, dated : Shady, N.Y., 22 October 1965 and 5 January 1966, to T[homas B.] Brumbaugh, 1965 Oct. 22.

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Typewritten letter signed and autograph letter signed, dated : Shady, N.Y., 22 October 1965 and 5 January 1966, to T[homas B.] Brumbaugh, 1965 Oct. 22.

Sending thanks from Henry Cowell for Brumbaugh's writing about performances of Cowell's 19th Symphony in Nashville, and acknowledging his kindness in writing to her.

2 items (2 p., with 2 envelopes) ; (obl. 16mo and 24mo)

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Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965

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Composed 1916-18. The original ms. had a pencilled-in note saying: "This is the only copy anywhere." See note from Mrs. Cowell 19 Nov. 1959: "The first symphony is a student work, and I hope earnestly for it not to be performed." This is a facsimile of the composer's holograph score, according to Bill Lichtenwanger.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony in B minor / Henry Cowell. 1918. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 45207014 Compo...

Brumbaugh, Thomas Brendle, 1921-2011

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Art historian and educator Thomas Brendle Brumbaugh was born in 1921. He spent most of his career as a professor of fine arts at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and has published many articles on American painting, sculpture, and architecture. He was co-editor of Architecture of Middle Tennessee: The Historic American Buildings Survey and co-author of The Art of Gerald Brockhurst . Brumbaugh spent several years doing research for a book on Abbott Handerson Thayer that was never re...

Cowell, Sidney Robertson, 1903-1995

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Henry Cowell was an American composer; his wife, Sidney Cowell, was an ethnomusicoloist. From the description of Anniversary pieces [list] : music by Henry Cowell for his wife, 1941-1965, 1979. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122431873 From the description of Cowell family music box [list], 1979. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122532987 Sidney Robertson Cowell (b. June 2,1903, in San Francisco, California; d. February 23, 1995, in Shad...